ShowerThoughts

I've been off-grid (off-grid light - power and shower at the neighbours) for 4 months now with a tiny solar system and no running water - now with mains power I notice how much energy I just spend casually - lights left on, stuff on standby, more ambitious projects because machines are available, mindless entertainment running in background. Currently reluctantly thinking about buying a fridge, because my cupboard will get too warm in some weeks. Or build an evaporation fridge. It were a rough few months, especially during the winter storms. On the other hand, enjoying (really enjoying) the limited amount of 30 mins of music at night and getting water from the source listening to the songbirds have been great improvements of my life quality and I hope to carry on with being slow and use resources with awareness. So yes, not just the fridge, but so many gadgets are just wasteful because we consider our wall plug electric energy an unlimited resource, which it is not.